34.1 Levels of Ecological Study

Question 1

What is the lowest level of ecological Study

Answer 1

organism

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

having a single species of organisms in a single area where all organisms have ability to mate and produce fertile offspring

Question 3

Community

Answer 3

all populations in an area (ALL are living)

Question 4

Ecosystem

Answer 4

the community and the physical environment (biotic and abiotic factors)

Question 5

What are some things that are included in an ecosystem

Answer 5

temperature, wind patterns, organisms, populations, etc.

Question 6

Biosphere

Answer 6

all ecosystems

Question 7

What is the only known biosphere

Answer 7

Earth

Question 8

Ecology

Answer 8

the study of the relationship of organisms with each other and their physical environment

Question 9

Biome

Answer 9

all of the RELATED ecosystems on a planet

Question 10

Biotic Factors

Answer 10

all of the organisms in the area; living component of the environment

Question 11

Abiotic Factors

Answer 11

the environments nonliving component ; the physical and chemical factors

Question 12

What are some examples of abiotic factors

Answer 12

temperature, forms of energy, water, and nutrients

Question 13

Habitat

Answer 13

where an organisms lives (made of abiotic and biotic factors)

Question 14

Levels of Ecological Study

Answer 14

the 5 levels that ecologists study ecology at

Question 15

How many levels of ecological study are there?

Answer 15

5

Question 16

What are the 5 levels of ecological study in order from smallest to largest

Answer 16

1) Organism
2) Population
3) Community
4) Ecosystem
5) Biosphere

Question 17

What is an example of what an ecologist would study on the organism level?

Answer 17

Adaptions of the Himalayan blue poppy to the freezing temperatures and short days of its abiotic environment

Question 18

What is an example of what an ecologist might study at the population level?

Answer 18

The size of a population of Himalayan blue poppies, the availability of chemical nutrients, and seed dispersal

Question 19

What is an example of what an ecologist might study on the community level?

Answer 19

interspecies interactions such as the effect of plant-eaters on poppies or the competition between poppies and other plants for soil nutrients

Question 20

What is an example of what an ecologist might study on the ecosystem level?

Answer 20

How chemicals cycle and energy flows between organisms and their surroundings (how rapidly does the decomposition of decaying plants release inorganic nutrients)

Question 21

Landscape

Answer 21

several ecosystems linked by exchanges of energy, materials, and organisms.